Dual Boot questions

**beefers1** · 05-16-2008, 01:47 PM

ok, today i finally (FINALLY!! after 2 days of trying!!!) manged to set up an XP/Vista dual-boot. and so far it's been working excellently (and i love vista's interface!). but i have a question regarding programs, and it's whether i'll have any problems regarding using (all vista-compatible) software for both OS's with only one installation.

thanks in advance

**beefers1** · 05-16-2008, 06:05 PM

also: wheneven i try to login to another user account (other than the admin) in vista, the computer crashes and reboots. on XP it works fine.

**beefers1** · 05-16-2008, 07:28 PM

here's the error:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 24
BCP1: 001904A9
BCP2: 93D55560
BCP3: 93D5525C
BCP4: 828185B6
OS Version: 6_0_6001
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini051608-05.dmp
C:\Users\AD\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-1838531-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\AD\AppData\Local\Temp\WER676C.tmp.version.txt

here are the memory dumps

**beefers1** · 05-16-2008, 07:42 PM

and here's the last one which i apparently couldn't upload on the previous post

sorry i didn't post the entire thing on 2 posts, i just didn't think of the other things when posting my first one, etc.

JohnthePilot · 05-16-2008, 11:43 PM

I can't help with the crashing problem, but I can tell you that some programs (not many) will run from a single installation, but most require that you install them in both OSs. I presume it depends on whether or not they make registry changes.

**beefers1** · 05-17-2008, 12:43 PM

thanks. but can someone take a look at the memory dumps i've posted here? i'd really appreciate it.

**beefers1** · 05-17-2008, 02:41 PM

here's what i think may be a log. if need be, change it back to .xml format.

**beefers1** · 05-17-2008, 04:50 PM

oh, one more thing (sorry about this, but I REALLY want to get it right). my internet no longer works on XP. it says that the LAN is connected, and is receiving packets, but when i open a browser it can't load any web page. downloads don't work either. on vista, everything is fine.

truthseeker · 05-17-2008, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beefers1

oh, one more thing (sorry about this, but I REALLY want to get it right). my internet no longer works on XP. it says that the LAN is connected, and is receiving packets, but when i open a browser it can't load any web page. downloads don't work either. on vista, everything is fine.

What bootmanager are you using? Because what boot manager and how XP and Vista are booted can make the difference.

I had a problem with Vista and XP trying to read off each other's partitions and configurations. But when I installed OSL2000, it fixed it.

Try this one... OSL2000

http://www.osloader.com/download.htm

That is one of the best and more reliable Boot Managers around.

I had trouble dual booting XP and Vista using other boot options, but with OSL2000 it worlked perfectly.

Let me know how you go.

05-16-2008, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
beefers1 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Surrey, BC, Canada Posts: 2,281 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 2	Dual Boot questions ok, today i finally (FINALLY!! after 2 days of trying!!!) manged to set up an XP/Vista dual-boot. and so far it's been working excellently (and i love vista's interface!). but i have a question regarding programs, and it's whether i'll have any problems regarding using (all vista-compatible) software for both OS's with only one installation. thanks in advance __________________

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beefers1 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Surrey, BC, Canada Posts: 2,281 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Dual Boot questions also: wheneven i try to login to another user account (other than the admin) in vista, the computer crashes and reboots. on XP it works fine. __________________ Last edited by beefers1 : 05-16-2008 at 06:21 PM.

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beefers1 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Surrey, BC, Canada Posts: 2,281 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Dual Boot questions thanks. but can someone take a look at the memory dumps i've posted here? i'd really appreciate it. __________________

05-17-2008, 04:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
beefers1 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Surrey, BC, Canada Posts: 2,281 OS: Win XP Pro SP2 My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Dual Boot questions oh, one more thing (sorry about this, but I REALLY want to get it right). my internet no longer works on XP. it says that the LAN is connected, and is receiving packets, but when i open a browser it can't load any web page. downloads don't work either. on vista, everything is fine. __________________